Category Archives: Sports

Assessment shows '25 Grey Cup generated over $93 million in economic activity
TORONTO - The 2025 Grey Cup generated over $93 million in economic activity across Canada, according to an independent assessment conducted by Sport Tourism Canada. A week of festivities was held in W...
Jun 16, 2026
Former NHL player Kyle Calder dies at 47 after an illness
Former NHL player Kyle Calder died Monday. He was 47. His daughter Madison announced her father's death in a social media post. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings, the team Calder coached from 2020-22, said he...
Jun 16, 2026

Hilary Knight is heading to Hockeytown in PWHL sign-and-trade deal between Detroit and Las Vegas
DETROIT (AP) - Hilary is officially headed to Hockeytown. With the PWHL's trade freeze lifting on Tuesday, the league announced five-time U.S. Olympian Hilary Knight's trade to Detroit as part of a si...
Jun 16, 2026

Canada's Gilles, Poirier will not compete in Grand Prix figure skating this season
OTTAWA - Olympic ice dance bronze medallists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will not compete during the 2026-27 Grand Prix season. The International Skating Union released assignments for figure skatin...
Jun 16, 2026

The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada
Here are the latest developments from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All times Eastern: 2:08 a.m. Marko Arnautovic scores on a penalty in the 12th minute of second-half stoppage time to give Austria a 3-1 v...
Jun 16, 2026

Tunisia fires coach Sabri Lamouchi after heavy opening World Cup loss and appoints Renard
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - Tunisia has fired coach Sabri Lamouchi after being thrashed 5-1 by Sweden in its first match at the World Cup and appointed French coach Herv Renard, the Tunisian soccer feder...
Jun 16, 2026

Ghana midfielder Partey loses bid to enter Canada for World Cup match in Toronto
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge has dismissed Thomas Partey's bid for emergency relief after Canada denied the Ghana midfielder entry for the FIFA World Cup. Justice Roger Lafrenire, who heard the appl...
Jun 16, 2026

Figure skater Tessa Virtue to make off-ice dance debut at Fall for Dance North
TORONTO - Before Tessa Virtue ever put on a pair of skates, she was a dancer. Virtue trained in ballet and contemporary before deciding instead to pursue figure skating at age seven, she said. The dec...
Jun 16, 2026

Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - The coach of Iran's World Cup team said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tourn...
Jun 15, 2026

Uruguay's Maxi Araújo scores equalizer in 1-1 World Cup draw with Saudi Arabia
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Maxi Arajo finally gave the crowd of mostly Uruguay fans in South Florida something to cheer about with his tying goal late in Monday's World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia...
Jun 15, 2026